The Cuban Embassy in Tehran offered a cocktail on the occasion of the farewell of its Ambassador, Vladimir González Quesada, who returns to Cuba after four years of work in the Persian nation.

The event was attended by executives and officials of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, led by the Deputy Director General for the Americas, Hojatollah Soltaní, as well as members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the country and some Iranian friends.

Restoring electrical service, reestablishing regular water supplies to the population, and reopening schools are priorities for authorities

Restoring electrical service, reestablishing regular water supplies to the population, and reopening schools are priorities for Cuban authorities, according to officials during the seventh meeting of the National Defense Council for Disaster Reduction, held yesterday, September 11, in Havana.

St. John, September 12, 2017.A group of 12 Cuban electricians began their work in Antigua in collaboration with APUA as part of the electrification and modernization of the national electricity system. In the next few days they will join the work of recovery of the network in Barbuda, totally affected by the passage of Hurricane Irma. At present they have already began the electrification of a community under construction in Antigua.

Party General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam,Nguyen Phu Trong, receivedin Hanoi the outgoing Cuban Ambassador Herminio Lopez Diaz who pledged his continuous contributions to the development of bilateral ties between Vietnam and Cuba.

New York, September 12, 2017.

Khentii, Mongolia. September 12, 2017. Invited by the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (PPRM), the Cuban Ambassador to Mongolia, Raúl Delgado Concepción participated in the ancestral ceremony of marking horses in the Mongolian countryside. Accompanied by the Secretary General of the PPRM, Mr. Nambaryn Enkhbayar, and the former presidential candidate and Member of Parliament (Great Hural State of Mongolia) Mr. Sainkhuugiin Ganbaatar, the Ambassador was able to learn about the history, customs and best culinary traditions of Mongolian nomads.

Dear brothers,

We have spent difficult days listening to the news about the monster Irma that has affected several sister islands in the Caribbean, and it is even more difficult when death touches us so close.

We can never be resigned to the loss of human lives. To the relatives of those who died during the hurricane we want to express our deepest condolences. Know that we accompany you in your pain and may you find in your hearts peace and comfort at this time.

The President of the Parliament of Cyprus receives the Ambassador of Cuba.

CYPRUS, September 12, 2017. - On Thursday morning the Ambassador of Cuba Aramis Fuente Hernández, met with Demetris Syllouris, President of the Cyprus Parliament, as part of his farewell visits on the occasion of the completion of his mission in the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.